Pleasant View School · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Filer (0.7%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Filer grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 6% work in Filer; the top destination outside it is Twin Falls (42%, 7 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Idaho and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Filer, in a few figures
Filer and Twin Falls trade workers both ways
Twin Falls is the top workplace for Filer residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Filer come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Filer’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Idaho average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Filer has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Filer went from 368 in 2013 to 623 in 2023, +69%. The jobs ↓
Most Filer residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Filer’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Filer is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #7 of 59 in Idaho. Unemployment holds Filer’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($64,671, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Filer could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where the trip to work from Filer ends
Where Filer clocks in
42% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Filer: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Filer workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,028 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Filer
623 jobs are based in Filer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Filer, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 623. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Filer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Filer’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who leaves Filer for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,118 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 552 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Filer on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Filer, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Filer is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #57 of 59 in Idaho. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,142 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Filer households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Filer’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Filer is 1,337th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 713 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Dalton Gardens ID | 2,496 | $80K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,127 | Ketchum ID | 3,643 | $93K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 37% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,335 | Huntsburg Township OH | 3,708 | $81K | 10.1% | 1.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,336 | Monkton VT | 2,207 | $120K | 4.2% | 4.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,337 | Filer ID | 3,026 | $65K | 5.1% | 0.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,338 | Benton Township MI | 2,776 | $97K | 4.9% | 5.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,339 | Little Traverse Township MI | 2,622 | $88K | 5.8% | 2.0% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Filer, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Filer: questions
What is the median household income in Filer?
$64,671 (±$10,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Filer?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Filer?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Filer work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Twin Falls (42%, 7 mi), Boise City (5%, 109 mi), Jerome (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Filer walkable?
Filer is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Filer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Filer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Filer
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.